RHBA-2009:1277 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated kdebase packages that fix various bugs are now available.

Description

The K Desktop Environment (KDE) is a graphical desktop environment for the
X Window System. The kdebase packages include core applications for the K
Desktop Environment.

These updated packages fix the following bugs:

• version 0.5 of the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) creates child device

objects only when a file system is mounted. In cases where a storage device
cannot be polled (for example, a floppy drive or IDE Zip drive), HAL adds
mount methods to the device itself rather than the volume. Previously, this
meant that when used in conjunction with HAL 0.5, KDE 3 would not allow
users to mount file systems on devices which the HAL could not poll. KDE
now includes a modified HAL back end that allows users to mount and unmount
volumes through the storage devices detected by the HAL. (BZ#469723)

• previously, when KDE refreshed desktop icons, it did not refresh the list

of icons that it should display on the desktop. As a consequence, icons
could appear on the desktop even when the file that they represented had
been deleted, and refreshing the desktop would not remove these icons. This
situation could arise, for example, when viewing files on an NFS share.
When KDE refreshes its view of the desktop, it now updates the list of
icons first and therefore avoids drawing icons for non-existent files.
(BZ#472295)

All KDE users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 469723 - Cannot mount floppy disk

CVEs

(none)

References

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